Son of former presidential candidate murdered in Mexico asks for forgiveness for his confessed killer

a son of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrietaassassinated in 1994 while running for president of the Mexicoasked the president this Monday Andrés Manuel López Obrador a pardon for Mario Aburtoconfessed murderer of his father.

“Appealing to the president’s compassion, I would say that he had better forgive Mario Aburto (…), to close this matter, to allow my family and Mexico to heal.“, he said Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojaswho currently holds the position of mayor of Monterreyin the north of Mexico.

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The request comes three weeks after a judge rejected evidence presented by the Attorney General (FGR) against a “second“gunman allegedly involved in the crime, as revealed this Monday by the investigative body, which guarantees that this man acted with the deceased’s complicity National Security and Research Center (CISEN).

“All evidence provided by the FGRand mainly blood tests, demonstrate that the victim’s blood type was found on the accused’s clothes“, said the FGR in a statement, in which it announced that it will appeal the judge’s decision.

Colosio was shot dead when he was a candidate for the then hegemonic Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during a rally in Tijuana (State of Baja California), borders U.Son March 23, 1994.

Aburto, 53 years old, is so far the only person arrested for the murder that shook the country during the government of Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988-1994), from the PRI.

According to investigations, the man admitted to being Colosio’s killer and to having acted on his own. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Colosio Riojas asked “leave this in the hands of another judge, because the Mexican justice system was responsible at the time and today what we want is to turn the page and build something new”.

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Last October, a court granted Aburto an injunction that invalidated his sentence, arguing that he should have been prosecuted based on the Baja California Penal Code and not with the federal.

In this regard, Colosio Riojas said that the Attorney General’s Office did not contact his family and expressed his rejection of the fact that the matter was “banal”in election times.

“It’s making unnecessary noise. Why until now? Why always at election time?”, he asked in reference to the presidential elections on June 2.

Source: Elcomercio

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